
Ryder Trusts The Judges in Canelo Fight: It Will Be Judged Fairly
Guadalajara - John Ryder has put his 'trust' in the judges to award him a decision victory in Canelo Alvarez’s first fight back in his hometown for 12 years.

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Guadalajara - John Ryder has put his 'trust' in the judges to award him a decision victory in Canelo Alvarez’s first fight back in his hometown for 12 years.

There was a time when John Ryder’s boxing career had slowed down so much that he decided to work as a nightclub bouncer on the weekends to supplement his income.

A HEAVYWEIGHT showdown between Deontay Wilder and Martin Bakole ‘has to happen’, according to promoter Ben Shalom. Bakole drew a line under nearly a year out of the ring on Saturday night by stopping Ihor Shevadzutskyi in three rounds in Poland.

Lukasz Rozanski became the second WBC bridgerweight champion in history after a two-minute demolition job on Alen Babic.

Martin Bakole returned after an 11-month lay-off to crush the ‘Hulk’ Ihor Shevadzutskyi in three punishing rounds for the Ukrainian.

Michal Cieslak claimed the European cruiserweight title by dropping and stopping Dylan Bregeon in four rounds in his native Poland. The 34-year-old from Radom has lost in two previous world title challenges but claimed the EBU strap here with an efficient beatdown of Bregeon.

THE ODD couple Joe Cordina and John Ryder have been living together for the past month as they go in search of a dual world title glory. The Tony Sims trained pair are both preparing for their biggest fights to date and have for the first time decided to plot up together round the corner from the gym in an AirBnB.

Hamzah Sheeraz believes the mouth-watering domestic clash with British middleweight champion Denzel Bentley should be ‘easy to make’.

By Declan Taylor - Zhilei Zhang produced one of the best performances from an overseas heavyweight in a British ring for many years to stop Joe Joyce in the sixth round. The Chinese southpaw, who is only a few weeks away from his 40th birthday, boxed beautifully to bust up Joyce so badly that referee Howard Foster had no choice but to wave off the fight after 1:23 of the sixth.

MIKAELA MAYER became the WBC interim lightweight champion by virtue of a lopsided points win over late replacement Lucy Wildheart in London.